How to manage your time, reinvest in your blog, and invest in yourself with Jessica Gavin. ----- Welcome to episode 167 of the Food Blogger Pro podcast! This week on the podcast, Bjork interviews Jessica Gavin about investing in your blog and yourself. The Importance of Investing in Yourself Jessica’s career has taken her to a lot of different places: attending culinary school, becoming a food scientist, writing a cookbook, creating an app, working with her husband, learning photography, and meeting other bloggers at conferences and workshops. And even with all of that going on, Jessica understands a lesson that’s sometimes tough to grasp: the importance of investing in yourself. Sometimes it’s necessary to buy that extra lens, attend that workshop, or join that group because you’ll grow through that situation. You’ll hear her talk about how she manages her time, how she formed her posting strategy, and why she chooses to reinvest in her blog and herself in this episode. Enjoy! In this episode, you’ll learn: Why she decided to not go to culinary school out of high school and decided to study food science instead When she decided to start her blog When she started to take the photos for her blog How she manages her time How she chose a posting strategy Why they choose to reinvest in the blog Resources: Learn about affiliate marketing Yoast Blog Tutor 091: Optimizing Recipes for SEO with Joost De Valk from Yoast SEO Everything Food Conference Jessica’s income reports 093: How Finding a Niche Transformed a Business with Meggan Hill from Culinary Hill 132: Perfecting Your Story and Your Brand with Laurie Buckle CookIt Media SideChef Jessica’s app Follow Jessica on her blog 038: 7 Strategies to Build Traffic If you have any comments, questions, or suggestions for interviews, be sure to email them to podcast@foodbloggerpro.com. Thanks to our Reviewer of the Week, Katams! If you’d like to be featured, leave a review for us on iTunes and include your name and blog name in the review. We’d like to thank our sponsors, WP Tasty! Check out wptasty.com to learn more about their handcrafted WordPress plugins specifically made for food bloggers.